Bringing Stories Alive

Bringing Stories Alive

express feelings
voice - especially tone, volume, speed, rythym face - eyes, mouth, smile, frown, grimace body - expansive, contracted, tight, loose, hands

develop characters
little human details have your characters speak - what did they say? how? what did or do they do? habits? clothes?

develop settings
paint a picture with words as characters move through setting sounds, smells, colours, textures, temperature details that help the listener feel like they are 'there' tell with the fresh eyes of the outsider but the wisdom of the insider

use props sparingly or create them with mime or your words

variety of pace, volume, pitch

sound effects, repetition, rhymes

tell your own version of the story - put yourself in the story

keep any problem or tension in the story

involve audience - meet their energy,

satisfy their curiosity, take them on a journey

have fun - enjoy telling the story so your audience can enjoy listening

have a satisfying ending, a resolution, to your story

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Daryll Bellingham, Storyteller
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Brisbane, Australia
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